The Week in Review: Rep. Gutierrez Sets Off Political Reshuffling

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez drops a bombshell announcement after serving 13 terms in Congress: he’s not running for re-election. The abrupt announcement Tuesday set off a major political reshuffling, with Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia getting Gutierrez’s endorsement. Ald. Ricardo Munoz (22nd Ward) will run for Garcia’s Cook County Board seat in a well-orchestrated dance. If Munoz goes to the board, Mayor Rahm Emanuel gets to appoint Munoz’s replacement on the City Council.

The conversation continues in our web-extra video. This week, Weisman and guests discuss the guilty plea by President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Mike Flynn, who pleaded guilty in federal court to lying to FBI. Flynn is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s widespread Russia election-meddling probe.